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I immodestly bring in my post from the Civil War booklist thread

No Better Place To Die: The Battle of Stones River
This Terrible Sound: The Battle of Chickamauga
The Shipwreck of Their Hopes: The Battles for Chattanooga

Wiley Sword

Shiloh, Bloody April

The Confederacy's Last Hurrah: Spring Hill, Franklin, and Nashville

Glenn Tucker Chickamauga: Bloody Battle in The West

Eastern Theater

Steven Sears

Landscape Turned Red
Richmond Redeemed

Gordon Rhea
The Battle of the Wilderness, May 5-6, 1864
The Battles for Spotsylvania Court House and the Road to Yellow Tavern, May 7-12, 1864
To the North Anna River, May 13-26, 1864
Cold Harbor: Grant and Lee, May 26 - June 3, 1864
Fredericksburg! Fredericksburg! by George C. Rabble

A Wilson Greene
Breaking the Backbone of the Rebellion
Civil War Petersburg

“We had been hopelessly labouring to plough waste lands; to make nationality grow in a place full of the certainty of God… Among the tribes our creed could be only like the desert grass – a beautiful swift seeming of spring; which, after a day’s heat, fell dusty.”
― T.E. Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph

when you get the chance, might be worth going over and expanding to a fiction section, maybe take a few of the books from the "what book are you reading?" thread.

There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "My ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."- Isaac Asimov

WWII-
Fire in the Sky, The Air War in the South Pacific: Eric M Beauregard (sp?)
Hitlers Greatest Defeat, the Collapse of Army Group Centre, June 1944: Paul Adair
With our backs to Berlin, The German Army in Retreat 1945: Tony Le Tissier
Infantry Aces: The German Soldier in Combat in WWII:Franz Kurowski, David Johnston
JG 26: Top Guns of the Luftwaffe: Donal L Caldwell fwd by Adolf Galland

Other History-
The Devils Horseman, The Mongol Invasion of Europe: James Chambers

Vietnam - the Australian War by Paul Ham: The definitive single volume account of Australia & Vietnam. Unfortunately very expensive on Amazon. Hopefully the release of the paperback will bring it down.

WW2

Nazi Germany and the Jews: Volume 1: The Years of Persecution 1933-1939 by Saul Friedlander

The Years of Extermination: Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939-1945 by Saul Friedlander: This recently released 2 volume work by one of the leading authors on the holocaust is one of the best works of this size on the holocaust.

The Nature of Fascism by Roger Griffin: An actual academic work on fascism by possibly the leading author on the subject. If you only buy one book on the subject, pick this.

A Bastard of a Place: The Australians in Papua by Peter Brune: Probably the leading author on WW2 in Papua-New Guinea. If you have any interest in this aspect of WW2, buy this book.

"The Attack on Taranto - Blueprint for Pearl Harbour" Lowry and Wellham

"The Black Prince and the Sea Devils, The story of Valerio Borghese and the Elite Units of the Decima Mas" Greene and Massignani. (basically these guys started the first real maritime special warfare groups)

"Britains Greatest Defeat, Singapore 1941" Alan Warren.

I've re-read the above in the last few years (again), so must have enjoyed them

I'd just like to let everybody know, that I can custom make a category upon member request for any purchases. The prices would be the same as ordering it through the Amazon site, except that WAB would receive a 6% referral rate for the order, to be invested in the site. Simply paste the titles you wish to purchase here, and I'll make a temporary custom category temporarily for you.

why not just stick with Dewey? It's an international library standard and might make cross referencing etc easier all round?

If library cataloging were to be used, I would greatly prefer using the Library of Congress system. It is also an international library standard, and the one more typically used in academic settings. Its also what I use at home for my own modest reference collection.

Originally Posted by Ironduke

GraniteForge, thanks, I've added all of the books except the one on the 30 years war, I think I'll have to create a new category.